derekfitness

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1. School wait..

   derekfitness posted a topic in General Students

   I'm starting to get a little discouraged with some of the things i'm hearing about actually entering a nursing program when all the prereqs are done. I already have a bachelors in communications, and should have all my prereqs done after one more sem...

2. Career Options/Advice

   derekfitness posted a topic in Career Support

   Hey everyone, I'm kind of at a crossroads at my life right now, going back to school to be in the medical field, but I'm just unsure of which path to take. One of my options would be to get an RN, but the other field I would like to enter is the...

3. Classes

   derekfitness posted a topic in General Students

   What is/was everyone's hardest class in nursing school and why?

4. U of Phoenix's Online MSN Healthcare Degrees

   derekfitness posted a topic in Post Graduate

   Does anyone know if Phoenix requires a GMAT test score to enter the program? Do they require work experience also, or any other tough admission standards one should know about? Is this program widely accepted at most hospitals? Thanks, Derek

5. Healthcare Management/Administration

   derekfitness posted a topic in Management

   Can anyone tell me what a degree/job in healthcare management/administration is like compared to nursing? Are the prereqs the same for this degree and is the job easier/harder to get than nursing? Any information and differences/similarities would be...

6. A bit overwhelmed.

   derekfitness posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   So I'm finishing up prereqs to get into a nursing program and I just started Anatomy & Physiology 1 and am just a tad overwhelmed. Its not as if the material is HARD, it is just sooo much to know and memorize. Does it get easier when the actuall ...

7. Associates RN vs BSN

   derekfitness posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   Is there a huge difference in salary, or marketability, or ability to land a job versus the two? I already hold a BS in communications, so after my prereqs would it be a better idea to just get an associates and start working, or to go all the way th...

8. Reasons

   derekfitness replied to derekfitness's topic in General Nursing

   This is not a homework assignment...Nurse Lovejoy are people's lives really in the balance in your hands or do you have lots of help?? I can't even imagine how stressfull that would be?!

9. Reasons

   derekfitness posted a topic in General Nursing

   What are some of the main, and most important reasons people have for going into nursing? What are people's biggest fears about being a nurse?? Thanks for any and all opinions!:redbeathe

10. Obstacles in being liscensed

    derekfitness posted a topic in Recovery

    Has anyone ever had any trouble getting liscenced due to background? Are DUI's a deal breaker? How about an expunged felony from 8 years ago? Thanks

11. Beginning an RD Education

    derekfitness posted a topic in General Nursing

    I keep hitting roadblocks on where to start to get an RN at. I already hold a bachelors degree so the fastest route I'd think would be to get an RN through an assciates program at a local junior college, however some of them require a CNA before you ...

12. Brown Mackie

    derekfitness posted a topic in General Students

    Anyone graduate from Brown Mackie's RN program or can attest to their credibility? What would be better a school like that or a Community college that for sure is accredited? I already have a BS in Communications but just want to get an RN.. Thanx! D...

13. General questions...lots!

    derekfitness replied to derekfitness's topic in General Nursing

    How hard is it in general these days to land an RN job if you are willing to work in a number of different states?

14. General questions...lots!

    derekfitness replied to derekfitness's topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone talk about any of the nursing fields and why they chose the one they did? I think mental health nursing/psychiatric looks the most interesting and fun by far any thoughts on that?!

15. General questions...lots!

    derekfitness replied to derekfitness's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks again guys. So it sounds like its not hard at all to get liscenced in whatever state you want? I'd really like to be a travel nurse, do you have to work in a hospital for a certain amount of time before you can do that? If an accelerated BSN i...